I was testing the Naturalist profession and butchered a few critters. Chunks of meat & fat that resulted were fresh, and upon picking them up and carrying to base, they stayed fresh as I’d expect.
Additional testing: same result from grabbing all the perishables I could find in a grocery store. Fresh and still shows fresh. Ate an instasalad and it was OK, no rotten warning or anything.
So we’re gonna need more detail on this one. What sort of starting season, etc are you running, and have you progressed onto different overmaps, etc?
Otherwise, can’t replicate in latest experimental.